Category: z Companies

Bob Iger

Scott Shepard: Bob Iger’s Dark Disney Magic: A Wrecking Ball for Wokeness

FEP Commentary /
Benjamin Franklin published a tract in London and Philadelphia in 1773 explaining the Rules by Which a Great Empire May be Reduced to a Small One. As good satire, it offered both humor and warning, but apparently the British no more ...
family

JPMorgan Chase Targets Anti-Woke Resisters — And Now Their Families Too

FEP Commentary /
"JPMorgan Chase is back to debanking," writes Free Enterprise Project Director Scott Shepard. "Once again, it’s not providing any explanations. And once again it’s targeting people who dare to question the Left Government/Woke Business conspiracy against liberty." In a RealClearMarkets ...
Chase

Scott Shepard: Oops JPMorgan Chase Did It Again…Again

FEP Commentary /
JPMorgan Chase is back to debanking. Once again, it’s not providing any explanations. And once again it’s targeting people who dare to question the Left Government/Woke Business conspiracy against liberty. At about the same time, it appears, Chase debanked, without warning, Drs ...
SEC

Will the National Center’s Lawsuit Bring the SEC Back to Neutral?

Media Mention /
In the Wall Street Journal, J.W. Verret discusses the implications of the lawsuit we've brought against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As Verret relays, the SEC -- once a trusted institution -- has become politicized under Biden-appointed Chairman ...
Disney's Silence Speaks Volumes After Samuel L. Jackson Insults Conservatives

Disney’s Silence Speaks Volumes After Samuel L. Jackson Insults Conservatives

FEP Commentary /
When actors choose to use their freedom of speech to offend half the country while promoting a movie, shouldn't we expect the company making the movie to feel responsible for damage control? In a commentary published by the Daily Caller, ...
Samuel L Jackson representing Disney Marvel at Comic Con

Stefan Padfield: Is Disney Complicit in Hate Speech?

FEP Commentary /
Famed actor and producer Samuel L. Jackson effectively told Rolling Stone that conservatives are racist rednecks. In light of the fact that Jackson was promoting his latest Marvel Universe project at the time, does Disney’s silence in response make them ...
You Can Put Lipstick on ESG and Call It Conscientious Capitalism, but It’s Still ESG

You Can Put Lipstick on ESG and Call It Conscientious Capitalism, but It’s Still ESG

FEP Commentary /
In 1992, Texas's then-Governor Ann Richards famously said, "You can put lipstick on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig." We could well apply her words to BlackRock CEO/Chairman/Emperor Larry Fink, who thinks renaming ESG "conscientious ...
Larry Fink

Scott Shepard: Larry Fink Abandons Failed “ESG” Phrasing for ESG Phrasing

FEP Commentary /
Larry Fink is “ashamed.” Quite right, you may respond. But this being Larry Fink, he’s not ashamed of what he should be ashamed of. He’s not ashamed of misusing other people’s assets to push his own personal policy preferences. He’s not ashamed ...
Scott Shepard at the 2020 Walgreens shareholder meeting

The 2023 Shareholder Meeting Season in Review

Free Enterprise Project /
Like last year, the 2023 shareholder meeting season was a mixed bag of hope and frustration. On one hand, rampant wokeness and corruption continue to define shareholder meetings. But promisingly, there is more pushback to corporate wokeness than ever before, ...
Mastercard

Potential Violation of Civil Rights and Debanking of Conservatives by Mastercard, Says Conservative Shareholder Group

Press Release /
Washington, D.C. - Shareholder activists with the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will close out their most active shareholder season to date by presenting a proposal at Mastercard's annual shareholder meeting that seeks to protect civil liberties and address the ...

The National Center for Public Policy Research is a communications and research foundation supportive of a strong national defense and dedicated to providing free market solutions to today’s public policy problems. We believe that the principles of a free market, individual liberty and personal responsibility provide the greatest hope for meeting the challenges facing America in the 21st century.